Rielly Gillaspie, a senior at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Gillaspie will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM and the design will adorn the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project IX”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High Schools in Cedar Rapids, Linn Mar and, Marion in Marion; City and West High Schools in Iowa City, Solon High School and Lisbon High School.

Receiving Honorable Mention in the contest were nine other students:

• Mitchell Baily, Marion
• Hunter Bartlett, Washington
• Damion Cornwell, Marion (2 runner-up entries)
• Robert Jacobus, Kennedy
• Ryann Jensen, Kennedy
• Skyler Johnson, Marion
• Taliah McGirf, Kennedy
• Stacie Treptow, Kennedy
• Paige Zebuhr, Kennedy

Gillaspie’s original piece, and those receiving Honorable Mention will all be exhibited during Corridor Jazz Project concerts, March 28-29, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Cedar Rapids.

The Corridor Jazz Project is a jazz education and mentoring program for jazz band students at the public high schools in the Creative Corridor. The program, developed as a part of the education outreach of Jazz 88.3 KCCK, matches each school’s top jazz band with a professional jazz player, who performed as a guest soloist with the band. The subsequent recordings have been collected and will be released on a compilation CD. CDs will be made available to each school to sell and keep the proceeds. CDs will be available at local retail outlets as well.

Support for the Corridor Jazz Project comes from MidWestOne Bank, Rockwell Collins, and West Music.

Short List with Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM

The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – West Coast “Cool”    

This week on The Short List host Bob Naujoks surveys his enjoyment of the West Coast style cool jazz. His love for this genre first came with the seminal Miles Davis “Birth of the Cool” recording. From there it was an easy jump to the young Lighthouse group, the significant alto player Art Pepper, clarinetist Tony Scott and the fine drummer Shelly Manne. All this pleasure got reinforced when television and movies started using jazz as soundtrack music.

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson  

Monday at 6:00 PM

Nat “King” Cole, Part 2: The Singer

Nat “King” Cole

Nat King Cole is undoubtedly one of America’s most beloved cultural icons. Beginning in the early ’40s, his elegant piano playing defined the jazz trio and helped popularize the genre. But it was when took hold of a microphone to sing that Cole was transformed into the world-famous, successful, and consummate entertainer.

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)

“Birthday Celebration for Vibraphonist Gary Burton”          

Craig helps celebrate the 73rd birthday of great vibraphonist and composer, Gary Burton. We’ll hear a tasty variety of selections from throughout Gary’s lengthy career…1960 to the present!  As usual, Craig will lean to some of the more “obscure” recordings from Burton’s career.

New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire    

Tuesday at 6:00 PM 

“In Memoriam: Allen Toussaint – Part 2”

Allen Toussaint

With great sadness we mark the passing of New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, who died at the age of 77 on Monday, November 9, 2015 while on tour in Spain. Toussaint is fondly recalled as an elegant, humble, and supremely talented man. His work influenced countless artists, and the number of musicians who benefitted from Toussaint’s touch as a producer and arranger is astonishing. Throughout his career, Toussaint worked with the likes of Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, Art Neville, Dr. John, the Meters, Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Ernie K-Doe, Lee Dorsey, Al Hirt, and many, many others.

Part Two features host George Ingmire in conversation with Allen’s collaborators and friends, including Irma Thomas, Sarah Dash of Labelle, and the Meters, telling how Allen brought the best out of everyone in the studio, and how he was known and loved by many people as an ambassador of New Orleans music, while still remaining a shy and private person.

Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride

Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Here’s Johnny!

Johnny O’Neal

Mezzrow is New York City’s newest listening room: an intimate club for solo and duo performers where silence and attention are more than encouraged. It’s a bit of a throwback, as is its Monday night host Johnny O’Neal. A virtuoso who shot onto the scene in the 1980s, the pianist is now re-establishing his presence in New York after decades off the radar. And on Mondays, he holds court at Mezzrow, singing the blues and welcoming guest after guest onto the tiny stage. Jazz Night in America stops into the Greenwich Village club to listen closely.

Wednesday Night Special                

7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)   

¡RIMTOMCANO! with James Dreier at the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival

James Dreier (in white shirt and hat) leads ¡RIMTOMCANO! at the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival

¡RIMTOMCANO! is a 6 – 7 piece Latin jazz group from Iowa City led by percussionist James Dreier (formerly of Orquesta Alto Maiz) that features some of the best jazz musicians in the Midwest. ¡RIMTOMCANO! plays many styles from various regions of Latin jazz, including mambo, cha cha chá, rumba and bembé from Cuba, samba, bassa nova and maracatú from Brazil, merengue, calypso from the Caribbean and much more. Of course, American jazz elements also play an important part of this energetic and entertaining genre.

Dreier was a founding member of Orquesta Alto Maiz from 1986 until 2012. Dreier has long had a dream of forming a more jazz-oriented Latin group. ¡RIMTOMCANO! is the realization of that dream. Although born and raised in Iowa, Dreier has been a life-long student of Latin music, studying it at Berklee College of Music in Boston, traveling to Cuban and Brazil numerous times and of course, playing and touring for 26 years with Orquesta Alto Maiz. The formation of ¡RIMTOMCANO! is simply the latest path on this long road of discovery.

Members of ¡RITMOCANO! are drawn from the highest ranks of Iowa’s jazz musicians, including Rich Medd (trombone), Greg Mazunik (bass), Steve Shanley (piano) and others.

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler    

Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

“Birth Date Anniversary of British Jazz Giant, Tubby Hayes”

Tubby Hayes

Craig celebrates the life and legacy of multi-instrumentalist Edward Brian “Tubby” Hayes (1/30/35 to 6/8/73). Known primarily for his work on the tenor sax, Hayes was also quite proficient on the flute and the vibraphone! We’ll hear some fabulous examples of British modern jazz from throughout Tubby’s distinguished career. Don’t miss this one!

Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh      

Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Featured Album: “Jambo” by Monobo Son

http://www.monoboson.com/

Monobo son is a five-member band lead by trombonist Manuel Winbeck, They are coming out with their debut album “Jambo” which is a common greeting in Swahili and means nothing more than “Hello”. Monobo’s popularity was made from word of mouth through the local population and travelers. The two-headed rhythm section, consisting of an organ and drums, brings the whole thing to the swing, from the dark sparkles to the deep plate of the three winds that bring their six instruments used in ever-changing combinations. The band of Bavarian origin revealed itself through its phenomenal vocals, while the musical influences are rather beyond the ocean. Whether taking inspiration from rock ‘n’ roll sound, Afrojazz of the 1970′s or the electro-pop of modern times, Monobo son’s stylistic requirements evolves without great concern, as they prepare themselves again or future performances.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:

http://www.kcck.org/midnight-cd/